Nick Cattles wants Kraft to start transitioning control of the organization to his son. And thinks Robert Kraft Rambles and doesn't know how to seperate his fandom from being an owner. Cattles also said he's a Maye fan boy. That basically he thinks Daniels is too light and also prefers Maye's arm strength to Daniels' passing abilities. He also compared Maye to McCarthy, calling McCarthy good and Maye a superstar, following it up with he hasn't seen a lot of McCarthy's tape but that McCarthy hasn't shown enough.
So when it comes to the ownership. I agree with Cattles. However, Nathan Petermann and Rob Johnson. Both former Buffalo Bills quarterbacks proved a long time ago that it doesn't matter how good an arm is if there's no accuracy or intelligence with it. Also, if Cattles hasn't seen the tape, how can he say with certainty that McCarthy isn't a superstar. I mean he admits that McCarthy just did what he was asked at Michigan. Cattles should just say he 'doesn't know' if McCarthy is a superstar.
Daniel Jeremiah spoke that Daniels and Maye. He said they could both be day one starters but said the difference between the two was age (Daniels) versus bad habits & bad footwork (Maye). He says the Patriots should trade down past the number six pick. He says McCarthy's style is an acquired taste but says he's the best third and seven plus quarterback in the draft. Jeremiah says the receiver class has starters four rounds deep but says the tackle class isn't as good. He goes on to say corners and running backs will have quality starters on day three. Lastly l, Jeremiah says if the Patriots take a quarterback, the weapons taken around him should be quick not fast.
When it comes to the quarterbacks, Maye has a lot more wrong with him then bad habits and Footwork. Listen to Merrill Hoge for starters and read the cons from the various scouting reports, especially Steelers Depot. As far as McCarthy goes, he is more of an old school play-action quarterback. The only other thing I'll say about Jeremiah's comments is the Patriots have enough Z's and Slots. They need a speedy X receiver to open up the underneath guys. Someone teams will respect as a threat.
Brad Whitaker said McCarthy was a cerebral quarterback who showed leadership and other skills (the the Patriots said the covet). He also said that McCarthy didn't need to play a lot of fourth quarter football because Michigan was too good of a machine, and that Washington supposedly has high interest in McCarthy. He also mentioned that McCarthy looked more comfortable throwing at his pro day than Daniels from LSU did.
From what I have read and heard, McCarthy may not have thrown the ball as much but he has the analytics to support him being a top quarterback in thr draft, if not one of the best. Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith once said that yards and attempts don't matter because losers tend to have padded stats in those categories and instead suggested people look at yards per attempt if they want a winning stat. McCarthy in that stat is third behind Williams and Daniels. So who knows...
Evan Lazar broke down a little bit of McCarthy's tape and his biggest concern was that Michigan didn't ask him to do things consistently enough, other than that, Lazar believes he could be a potential franchise quarterback.
What I will say to that is a player is only as consistent as they're allowed to be. And Michigan didn't ask him to be consistent in any area.
Patriots Global days PFF ranked the Patriots as the second best free agency in the AFC. He says the re-signings are better then fans think and that last year's record was due to poor coaching and injuries. He says the fans criticizing the Patriots off-season just want to be back as a contender in 2024. That the team is viewing free agency to re-sign players and to add roster enhancement talent and not to build the team.
I pretty much agree with most of the content he said. However, I am curious what happens when the new administration cannot afford to re-sign players and don't have depth to replace those leaving. Will the new front office wait to try and draft starters or will they eventually sign free agents?
Scott Zolak says the Patriots need to "stack" the top 4 quarterbacks. If their top guy is there, they need to take him. If not they need to be offered a bag or they need to take their number two quarterback.
This is something basically said by most sports media people, only Zolak includes that if they don't trade after hearing offers, to take the guy that they think is the next best quarterback. I know the Patriots need a quarterback but if their next quarterback is Bo Nix or Michael Penix, who are expected to go in rounds two, they shouldn't take either of them at three. That's just my opinion.
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